Vocal Expression; A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation

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CONTENTS
To the Pupil
Introduction

PART I
STUDIES IN VOCAL INTERPRETATION
Preliminary Study:�To Establish a Conscious Purpose.
Discussion:�The Relation of the Speaker to His Audience.
Material:�Direct Appeal in Prose and Verse, with Suggestive Analysis.
Selections for Interpretation.
First Study:�To Establish Vitality in Thinking.
Discussion:�Action of the Mind in Reading Aloud.
Material:�The Essay and Didactic Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis.
Selections for Interpretation.
Second Study:�To Establish Intelligence in Feeling.
Discussion:�Emotional Response and Abandon.
Material:�Lyric Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis.
Selections for Interpretation.
Third Study:�To Develop the Whimsical Sense.
Discussion:�Humor and Fancy.
Material:�Fairy Story, Fable, and Nonsense Rhyme, with Suggestive Analysis.
Selections for Interpretation.
Fourth Study:�To Develop Imaginative Vigor.
Discussion:�The Picture, the Atmosphere, the Action.
Material:�Short Story and Epic Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis.
Selections for Interpretation.
Fifth Study:�To Develop Dramatic Instinct.
Discussion:�Impersonation and Characterization.
Material:�Monologue and Play, with Suggestive Analysis.
Selections for Interpretation.

PART II
STUDIES IN VOCAL EXPRESSION
Introductory Discussion:�The Vocal Vocabulary.
Study in Pause and Change of Pitch.
Study in Inflection.
Study in Tone Color.

PART III
STUDIES IN VOCAL TECHNIQUE
Introductory Discussion:�Tuning the Instrument.
How to Support the Tone. Directions and Exercises.
How to Free the Tone. Directions and Exercises.
How to Re-enforce the Tone. Directions and Exercises.

Vocal Expression; A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation